Rice has been and continues to be the largest source of human nutrition. Rice bran is a by-product of the rice milling process. Rice bran is the most important source of edible oil among the unconventional sources. Rice bran is the brown coating around the white starchy rice kernel, which is obtained by dehusking paddy and polishing the rice. While white rice holds little nutritional value, the bran that is removed contains 65 percent of the rice kernel’s nutrients and boasts a bounty of healthful benefits. The thin brown layer that is milled off in the processing of white rice, rice bran is just as effective as the other bran’s in fighting high cholesterol and providing high-grade fiber.
India produces about 80 million tonnes of paddy annually. This can yield about 5 million tonnes of rice bran and to the extent of 8 lakhs tonnes of rice bran oil. Production of rice bran oil is currently estimated at about 2 lakhs tonnes and hardly 10-15 per cent of it is of edible grade, although the potential availability is reckoned at about 8 lakhs tonnes. The wide gap between the actual production and the potential availability of rice bran oil is primarily due to the fact that at present around 70 per cent of the paddy produced in the country is processed through huller mills while only 30 percent is processed by modern sheller mills. It has been estimated that huller mills number about 80,000 while there are only 28,000 modern sheller mills.
Rice bran oil is natural oil that is created using the hull or bran of the rice grain. One of the advantages of using rice bran oil in cooking is that the oil has a high smoking point. This means the oil is ideal for frying foods without running the risk of overheating and burning the food before the meat or coated vegetables are cooked all the way through.
The creation of rice bran oil involves the pressing of the hull or bran of the rice grain. By pressing on the hull, small amounts of oil can be extracted and collected. The oil released from the rice bran contains a hefty amount of Vitamin E, gamma oryzanol and the essential fatty acids that lend a great deal of taste to the oil. The presence of a number of antioxidants also help to make rice bran oil a healthier alternative for use in salad dressings and as an ingredient in baked goods.
Rice Bran Oil alone has the potentiality of wiping out a large part of the deficit oil in the country. India is the biggest producer of rice in the world, next to China. However only a very small proportion of the rice bran is processed and large quantity of oil in rice bran is wasted.
According to the solvent Extractor's Association of India, the total production of oil from indigenous sources amounted to 76.2 lakhs tonnes in oil year 2003-2004 and in the current oil year this is expected to rise to around 80.6 lakhs tonnes. The government estimated that the total shortfall in supply was of the order of about 6 lakhs to 7 lakhs tonnes. However, it imported about 11 lakhs tonnes last year, which is expected to go up to about 15 lakhs tonnes in the current year. The government is importing just the double of its own stated shortfall. There is an ample of scope and space for new entrepreneurs to venture into this field.
Few Indian Major Players are as under:
A G Fats Ltd.
Agrawal Oil Extractions Ltd.
Balaji Agro Oils Ltd.
Boppana Oils Ltd.
Cethar Foodoil Ltd.
Chaitanya Oils Ltd.
Goa Agro Oil Ltd.
Godavari Edible Bran Oil Ltd.
J R Foods Ltd.
J S P Oils & Fats Ltd.
K G N Agro Internationals Ltd.
Kedia Overseas Ltd.
Kirti Dal Mills Ltd.
Lakshmi Energy & Foods Ltd.
Madras Vanaspati Ltd.
Midland Industries Ltd.
Modi Naturals Ltd.
Morinda Overseas Inds. Ltd.
Organic Chemoils Ltd.
Patliputra Industries Ltd.
Prakash Solvent Extractions Ltd.
Raghunath Cotton & Oil Products Ltd.
Rasoi Ltd.
Ravindra Solvent Oils Ltd.
Rice Oil & Foods Ltd.
Rom Industries Ltd.
S K M Animal Feeds & Foods (India) Ltd.
Sambandam Solvent Extraction Ltd.
Satyakala Agro Oil Products Ltd.
Shanti Kunj Solvent Ltd.
Shree Madhav Edible Products Ltd.
Shree Shakthi Agro Oils Ltd.
Siddaganga Oil Extractions Pvt. Ltd.
Sidh Industries Ltd.
Sonitpur Solvex Ltd.
Sree Tulasi Solvent Extractions Ltd.
Sri Murugarajendra Oil Industry Ltd.
Srihitha Refineries Ltd.
Thapar Agro Mills Ltd.
Unique Organics Ltd.
Vijay Agro Products Pvt. Ltd.

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